Partial Lunar Eclipse:
August 16, 2008

Geographic Region: S.
America, Europe, Africa,
Asia, Australia

The last eclipse of 2008 is
a partial lunar eclipse at
the Moon's ascending node in
Capricornus. It is visibile
primarily from the Eastern
Hemisphere as well as
eastern South America.
Greatest eclipse takes place
at 21:10:06 UT when the
eclipse magnitude will reach
0.8076. The timings of the
major phases of the eclipse
are listed below.

Penumbral
Eclipse Begins:

18:24:49 UT

Partial Eclipse
Begins:

19:36:07 UT

Greatest
Eclipse:

21:10:09 UT

Partial Eclipse
Ends:

22:44:16 UT

Penumbral
Eclipse Ends:

23:55:25 UT

The Moon’s trajectory takes
it through the northern
umbral shadow, resulting in
a partial eclipse that lasts
94 minutes. At mid-eclipse
the Moon's northern limb
passes 5.9 arc-minutes
outside the umbra's northern
edge. The Moon's southern
edge is then 16.5
arc-minutes from the
shadow's centre.